Issue with Alsa mixer and Justboom digi zero Pi

When I try to play music I have this message in a red box: Failed to open alsa;Failed to open Alsa device hw:1, 0: no such file or directory.
Any I idea?
I am currently using the latest version.

I’m havng the same issue with an iqaudio DAC

I also have this problem, made a detailed post about it a couple months ago, never got any replies…

I don’t believe that the problem has anything to do with the DAC’s because I have a Hifiberry DAC and I get the same error message, “and” I would also get that error message even when I didn’t have the DAC yet. Another thing I’ve noticed when this happens is that the I2S setting goes to “off”.

This Volumio monster seems to have a mind of its own because it will work just fine for a few days and then other days I’ll turn it on in the morning and I’ll get that error message and it wont play at all. However, it will eventually come on again but its not because of anything I did so I have no clue. The router shows its connected, and I’ll even try a wired connection with no help there either. Everything appears correct, the lights are on and blinking like they would normally and the display looks as though its working because there is a song running but no signal.

I’m just happy that I didn’t buy the Primo like I wanted to in the first place because I don’t think that its asking too much to expect this to work when I turn it on.

“Error
Failed to open “alsa” [alsa]: Failed to open ALSA device"hw1,0”: Device or
resource busy"

Now this is interesting, I did get it running again but with the I2S turned off. So when I switched the I2S back on, it wont play, I turned the I2S off again and sure enough it came back on. Uggg This is so frustrating, and what else is frustrating is how there has been no replies regarding this issue.

I am having the same issue with the JustBoom DigiZero on Pi Zero W:

Error
Failed to open “alsa” [alsa]:
Failed to open ALSA device
"hw:1,0: No such file or directory.

Logs
logs.volumio.org/volumio/jdsUNCo.html

– Logs begin at Sat 2019-05-18 15:59:22 UTC. –
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1315]: Starting Basic System.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1315]: Reached target Basic System.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1315]: Starting Default.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1315]: Reached target Default.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1315]: Startup finished in 81ms.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 1000.
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital sshd[1309]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn’t stat /var/log /lastlog: No such file or directory
May 18 16:05:06 zerodigital sshd[1309]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn’t stat /var/log /lastlog: No such file or directory
May 18 16:06:03 zerodigital sudo[1331]: volumio : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/volumio ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/bin/journalctl -f
May 18 16:06:03 zerodigital sudo[1331]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened f or user root by volumio(uid=0)
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::volumioPlay
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: UNSET VOLATILE
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::play index und efined
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::setConsumeUpda teService undefined
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::startPlaybackT imer
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: [1558195575861] streamingService s::clearAddPlayTrack
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio-streaming-daemon[1142]: Loading tidal config uration
May 18 16:06:15 zerodigital volumio-streaming-daemon[1142]: api.tidal.com /v1/tracks/73091793/streamurl?countryCode=US&soundQuality=LOSSLESS
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio-streaming-daemon[1142]: {“url”:“http://ab-pr -cf.audio.tidal.com/4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.flac?Expires=1558199176& Signature=I7C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQftPY9wie-E7bsDt56WVCB9J RqUsgR1PV47oMeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~gixd2gVVYC03~zweZeuwC4He TFmBKtxoWjzaPTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQSP7Aie-dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP 4ahpyDYBXeEF1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArOAbE3~TYwgCqxPSjZeLGhkcI c2rXsNCyn9lTbv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPBE4R6SP555A”,“trackId”:7 3091793,“playTimeLeftInMinutes”:-1,“soundQuality”:“LOSSLESS”,“encryptionKey”:"", “codec”:“MQA”}
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand st op
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand cl ear
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info:
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: ---------------------------- MPD annou nces system playlist update
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: Ignoring MPD Status Update
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand lo ad “http://ab-pr-cf.audio.tidal.com/4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.flac?Exp ires=1558199176&Signature=I7C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQftPY9wi e-E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47oMeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~gixd2gVV YC03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjzaPTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQSP7Aie- dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArOAbE3~TY wgCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lTbv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPBE4R6SP5 55A”
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info:
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ------------------------------ 7 1ms
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand ad d “http://ab-pr-cf.audio.tidal.com/4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.flac?Expi res=1558199176&Signature=I7C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQftPY9wie -E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47oMeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~gixd2gVVY C03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjzaPTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQSP7Aie-d OBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArOAbE3~TYw gCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lTbv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPBE4R6SP55 5A”
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info:
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: ---------------------------- MPD annou nces system playlist update
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: Ignoring MPD Status Update
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::setConsumeUpda teService mpd
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand pl ay
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ------------------------------ 6 0ms
May 18 16:06:16 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info:
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: ---------------------------- MPD annou nces state update: player
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::getState
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand st atus
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info:
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: ---------------------------- MPD annou nces state update: player
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::getState
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand st atus
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:17 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand cl earerror
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::parseState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand pl aylistinfo
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand cl earerror
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::parseState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::sendMpdCommand pl aylistinfo
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::parseTrackInfo
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: sending command…
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::pushState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::servicePushSt ate
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: STATE SERVICE {“status”:“pause”, “position”:0,“seek”:0,“duration”:334,“samplerate”:“48 kHz”,“bitdepth”:“24 bit”," channels":2,“random”:false,“updatedb”:false,“repeat”:false,“isStreaming”:false," title":“4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.flac?Expires=1558199176&Signature=I7 C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQftPY9wie-E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47o MeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~gixd2gVVYC03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjza PTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQSP7Aie-dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF 1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArOAbE3~TYwgCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lT bv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPBE4R6SP555A”,“artist”:null,“album”:n ull,“uri”:“http://ab-pr-cf.audio.tidal.com/4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.f lac?Expires=1558199176&Signature=I7C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQ ftPY9wie-E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47oMeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~g ixd2gVVYC03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjzaPTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQ SP7Aie-dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArO AbE3~TYwgCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lTbv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPB E4R6SP555A”,“trackType”:“tidal”}
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CURRENT POSITION 0
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState st ateService pause
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState cu rrentStatus stop
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::pushState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::getState
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::volumioPushSt ate
May 18 16:06:18 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::executeOnPlug in: volumiodiscovery , saveDeviceInfo
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital sudo[1339]: volumio : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=roo t ; COMMAND=/sbin/ifconfig wlan0
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital sudo[1339]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened f or user root by (uid=0)
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ------------------------------ 1 583ms
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital sudo[1339]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed f or user root
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: [ASDebug] CurState: PrevState: stop
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: parsing response…
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::parseTrackInfo
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ControllerMpd::pushState
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::servicePushSt ate
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CorePlayQueue::getTrack 0
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: STATE SERVICE {“status”:“pause”, “position”:0,“seek”:0,“duration”:334,“samplerate”:“48 kHz”,“bitdepth”:“24 bit”," channels":2,“random”:false,“updatedb”:false,“repeat”:false,“isStreaming”:false," title":“4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.flac?Expires=1558199176&Signature=I7 C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQftPY9wie-E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47o MeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~gixd2gVVYC03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjza PTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQSP7Aie-dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF 1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArOAbE3~TYwgCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lT bv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPBE4R6SP555A”,“artist”:null,“album”:n ull,“uri”:“http://ab-pr-cf.audio.tidal.com/4da05ed4bfcf78410d4c870cbb120f2f_39.f lac?Expires=1558199176&Signature=I7C0QjerKE17HNbViTS0a0qw6n~y8ywS~8zmxPr5seDnbzQ ftPY9wie-E7bsDt56WVCB9JRqUsgR1PV47oMeH5C6oARrdwUf8f0uOBb~tQH5jkdvudt4RPgiu65i8~g ixd2gVVYC03~zweZeuwC4HeTFmBKtxoWjzaPTvSrKjwCs5Pgbo823yRj64ckcl1rtphS-tv036zsiAuQ SP7Aie-dOBFhAMgdqgHjbCP4ahpyDYBXeEF1n-kU7a~7gkTzbuGDNYxM~SbbqAHGVdbUxk1XR7bU5ArO AbE3~TYwgCqxPSjZeLGhkcIc2rXsNCyn9lTbv4hm~4NgiQHW~jIGUuA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIZ3WPB E4R6SP555A”,“trackType”:“tidal”}
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CURRENT POSITION 0
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState st ateService pause
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::syncState cu rrentStatus stop
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::pushState
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreStateMachine::getState
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::volumioPushSt ate
May 18 16:06:19 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: CoreCommandRouter::executeOnPlug in: volumiodiscovery , saveDeviceInfo
May 18 16:06:20 zerodigital sudo[1348]: volumio : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/ ; USER=roo t ; COMMAND=/sbin/ifconfig wlan0
May 18 16:06:20 zerodigital sudo[1348]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened f or user root by (uid=0)
May 18 16:06:20 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: ------------------------------ 2 658ms
May 18 16:06:20 zerodigital sudo[1348]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed f or user root
May 18 16:06:20 zerodigital volumio[825]: info: [ASDebug] CurState: PrevState:

Chris, I was extremely frustrated myself, however, when I turned off the EQ Plugin, everything was fine thereafter.
Hopefully that will fix you up too.